Voyage of discovery

Taken from Greatday.com

You are the person you have discovered yourself to be. And there is no limit to what you can discover.
The more you live and experience and accomplish, the more fully you evolve. Every moment is an opportunity to add strength and effectiveness to your life.

Every experience helps you more clearly see and understand the magnificent, enormous potential of your life. The joys and the sadness, the pleasures and the frustrations all enable valuable discoveries.

The more fully you understand who you are and what you have, the more effectively you can put it all to use. Take advantage of each opportunity for discovery, in each moment, in each encounter, and in each challenge.

Every experience is a learning experience. Every day is a voyage of discovery.

A lifetime of discovery awaits you right now. Climb aboard, eager and enthusiastic for whatever experience awaits, and begin the journey.

-- Ralph Marston

Another classic from Wal-Mart

Ok, so it looks worse than the picture shows but it was an absolute terrible packaging job that the dunces over at Wal-Mart did. So my mom got me a Christmas gift from Wal-Mart and had to ship it since we don't live in the same area and UPS decided it needed a signature so I couldn't pick it up until the day after Christmas. So I went to pick it up and I was absolutely shocked at the packaging job and they lady at UPS said everything they get from Wal-Mart is packaged horribly. So kudos to you Wal-Mart you did it again, made even the simplest job a complete disaster!

Merry Christmas Moviehouse!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I didn't do much, had a Christmas eve dinner with my dad since he had to work on Christmas day. I wasn't with my real family :( so that was pretty disappointing but I knew this Christmas was going to turn out the way it did, not being with family and all. But I am surviving and all is well. I got a lovely Atlas of China from my sister and $50 bucks from my dad. My mom sent me something but because UPS is stupid I won't get it until Thursday. So what did you get?

The picture above is my Christmas tree with that Atlas underneath it. I used my sister's old phone to take that photo so don't go thinkin' I got one of those fancy digi cameras for Christmas! hehe. Love you all...well my family anyway!! Who knows who else reads this blog. Hehe.

Pacific Northwest facts according to Jeff Foxworthy

1. You know the state flower............. (Mildew).

2. You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans, or paper in the trash.

3. Use the statement "sun break" and know what it means

4. You know more than (10 ways), to order coffee.

5. You know more people who own boats rather than air conditioners.

6. You feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.

7. You stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "Walk" Signal.
(this one is my favorite, since it happened to me!)

8. You consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it is not a real mountain.

9. You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best, and Veneto's.

10. You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah;Oregon, Yakima, and Willamette.

11. You consider swimming an indoor sport

12. You can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai food.

13. In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark- while only working eight-hour days.

14. You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.

15. You are not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain," and "Tomorrow's forecast: Today's forecast followed by showers."

16. You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.

17. You know that Boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of mind.

18. You can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you cannot see through the cloud cover.

19. You notice, "The mountain is out" when it is a pretty day and you can actually see it.

20. You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still wear your hiking boots and parka.

21. You switch to your sandals when it gets about 60, but keep the socks on.

22 You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.

23. You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.
(I take offense to this one! I have terribly curly hair that frizzes in the rain!)

24. You buy new sunglasses every year, because you cannot find the old ones after such a long time.

25. You measure distance in hours. ( this one I don't get, if you can tell me, please do so)
26. You often switch from "heat" to "a/c" in the same day. (HA! So true)

27. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a raincoat.

28. You know all the important seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Raining (Spring), Road Construction (Summer), Deer, and Elk season (Fall).

29. You know the difference between ...Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon.

Always an adventure in Portland

I decided to bypass all the hustle of Christmas by not going in any stores so instead of sitting on my butt in my house I decided to head down to Portland. I debated between myself going alone or inviting friends and ended up trying to invite friends who totally suck by the way! They either were busy...get this...shopping *scoff* or too scared of Portland to go. Sheesh, it's really not that scary people! Sometimes you even get a chuckle out of the folks who make Portland great. For instance today I was fortunate enough to see The Spinner again! A guy wearing the Scream outfit (not including the mask) and in place of the famous mask there was a hubcap spinning on the dude's face. HAHA! He would go up to people and ask them to spin the hubcap for him. It was terrific seeing him again, at least I think it was a he. I also was entertained on MAX by a "normal looking" man who was sitting very quietly then decided to pull out some sort of cotton substance and a needle and began to poke it randomly. I couldn't help by look at him and wondering why he was doing that and what else he was going to do. But he continued to poke the cotton as if no one else was around, every once in a while stabbing himself with the needle and not even a flinch when he did. I came to the conclusion it was some sort of therapy for drug addiction or something. Then my third and final story was just sweet I had to share it. There was this homeless man walking around with a gigantic wood box on a rolling cart. I didn't think anything of it until he walked by and parked the box right in front of me and opened it up and being the curious soul I am, I looked in the box. There were TONS of wrapped presents and various homeless people peeking inside grabbing a gift here and there. Their eyes were so bright and they had big smiles on their faces. I followed a couple of them to see what they got, and as they opened up the gift it was nothing more than a baggie full of band aids and floss, a half empty box of toiletry items such as fingernail clippers and nail files. I thought that was so sweet because those big ruff and tough guys were THRILLED at those silly items we all take for granted. Made me think differently for a moment. I have decided since I have nothing to do on Christmas day I have signed up to help feed those in need. I'm not sure how, but I'll find a way!

Breath of fresh air

Ahhhh my first quarter of college is over. I had two finals, one in math and one in Fitness. The algebra test was harder than expected but I passed, I should have an A in that class...maybe a B. I should have an A in Fitness because my teacher is awesome!! And probably a C, hopefully a B in photography because my teacher is horrible!! Well anyway...that's an update for now. Have a great day!!

Too much money

Some people just have WAY too much money. I was performing my normal job duty of running from the PA's office to the courthouse when I walked past this car which had a poster on the side rear window. It had a normal looking dog pictured and a note saying "reward $5,000". Alright, seriously looking at the pic of this dog, it can not be worth $5,000 but I guess because I'm not much of a dog lover I can't comprehend plunking down 5 grand for a dog. I am a cat person and if my cat Russian, may he rest in peace, was stolen or got lost or whatever I'd be extremely sad and don't think anyone would bring my cat back to me for $50 which is all I could afford. So whoever spends $5,000 on a dog has way too much money. That's all.